Lid for pans.



` of a pan showing my improved vpressing raised and that by releasing the lever, the

.WALTER o `VERNON, or COLUMBUS, oiiio.

un Fon HANS.

ToI all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WALTER C. VERNON, a citizen of .the United States, residing at Columbus, in the county of Franklin and State of Ohio, have-invented a new and useful Imrovement in Lids for Pans, of which the fol-l y rigid handle provided with spaced openings V 6.o

of an angle-Wire slidably mounted in said owing is a specication.

m ihis invention relates to lid for pans and more particularly to hinged lids for sauce-' pans and the like, the object being to connect the lid to the handle so that the lid can be readily raised and lowered from the handle of the an. l l

ith this and various other objects in view, the invention consists in the novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parte, hereinafter fully descri ed and pointed out inthe claims.

In the drawings forming a part of this specication:-Figure 1 is a pers ective view id` in place. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the same showing the pan partly broken away.

' Fig. 3 is a detail top plan view of the handle and a ortion of the pan. Fig. eis a detail view o the Wire showing the manner of attachi it to the lever.

In t e drawing A. indicates an ordinary sauce-pan provided with the usual handle A and top B. A plate B bent to form an'ee is secured centrally on the top of the through which a Wire D passes, which is bent back upon itself and passes through an open# ing A, inthe handle. The ends of the Wire 'are then bent at right angles'adjacent their ends, and extend nip through a slot A, in the eiiig` looped .around-I the Y other end and the other end bein handle, one end bent around a cross bar E of a Wire lever the ends of which are. bent around a crossbar A?, ex-A tending across the slot A3.

, A coil-spring li surrounds the ends of 'the Wire between t e handle and lever` so that the lever will be forced up so` as to hold the lid down on the pan.

From the fore oing description it Will be readily seen that y grasping the handle and down on the lever, the top'Will be spring will close the lid on the pan.

Havin thus fully described my invention,

what I c aim as nerT and desire to secure by Letters Patent is z-e specification of Letters Patent. Apprenti ne ingaan, isos.' anni No. 330,598.

Patented April 3 0, 190W.

1. The combination Witha pan havingr a. handle, provided with openings, carrying a lid mounted in said openings and a lever connected to said Wire, tor the purpose described. i

2. The combination with a pan having a openings and a lid, and a lever mounted on said handle connected to said wire, for ,the

purpose described.

3. The combination with a pan having a k65 rigid handle provided with spaced openings, o an angled Wire slidably mounted in said. openings,' a lid secured to one end of said wire, and a spring actuated lever pivoted in' one of said openings connected to the free end 70 of said wire, for the purpose described.

. 4. The combination with'a pan havinga rigid handle provided with spaced openings, oi a spring actuated lever mounted in one of said openings, an angled wire slid ably mount- 7 5 ed. in.' said opening carrying a lid at one end, an'd connected to the lever at the other end, and"a,co1lsprmg surrounding said wire be- .tween the handle'and the lever.

5. The' combination with a panprovided 8o with a rigid handle Iand having openings formed therein of a lever mounted on said handle andan an' lcd Wire carrying a lid extending up throng i said openings of the handle. connected tozsaid lever for the purpose 85:l

described.' l

6. The coinbination with apan having a rigid handle provided with spaced openings, o

a lever mounted on s aid handle and an an-r gle wire connected tcsaid lever. extending 9o thrdiighsaid openingsdarrying a lid for the f purpose described.4 7. The combinatie faith a pim having rigid lhandle provided with spaced openings, o

a lever mounted on' a cross-bar` extending 95 across 'one of said openings, an angle-wire connected to said lever extending through said openings carrying a id and a coil-spring surrounding said wire ,between said handle and lever, for the purpose described.

W'Aiifr-iinA o. VERNON. Witnesses: "u

WiLLIAM GfKoNs, WM. M. yKo'oNs.

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